Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has done today the partial prepayment of the Pre-70 Term of Financial Commitment (TFC Pre-70), celebrated with the Fundação Petrobras de Seguridade Social (Petros), in the amount of R$ 94 million and will do in January 2021 the partial prepayment of R$ 4.493 billion. The TFC... Continue Reading →
Petrobras signs contract for sale of onshore fields in Bahia
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release dated 09/06/2019, informs that has signed today with Ouro Preto Energia Onshore S.A., wholly-owned subsidiary of 3R Petroleum Óleo e Gás S.A., a contract for the sale all of its stakes in fourteen onshore exploration and production fields, called Recôncavo Cluster, located in the state... Continue Reading →
Offshore Oil’s Dramatic Comeback
Smack dab in the middle of an oil price crisis caused by an unprecedented demand loss, Exxon announced the latest in a string of discoveries off the eastern South American shore, this time in Suriname. It must have felt like adding insult to injury for OPEC producers and reckless behavior for investors, but offshore oil... Continue Reading →
OIL TANKER EAGLE PASSOS ON THE ITS TO BRAZIL TO STRENGTHEN THE TRANSPETRO FLEET
The oil tanker Eagle Passos, a vessel of the AET company, has already departed for Brazil and will reinforce the Transpetro fleet. The new unit left the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea and is expected to dock in Rio de Janeiro around the 11th of next month. Eagle Passos is the latest in... Continue Reading →
Exclusive: Brazil pursues criminal probe of top Trafigura executives – sources
(Reuters) - Brazilian investigators are pursuing the first criminal probe of current executives at commodities trading firm Trafigura on allegations they approved the bribery of employees at state-controlled oil producer Petrobras, according to three people familiar with the matter. The investigation has focused on two of the three top Trafigura directors, Co-head of Oil Trading Jose... Continue Reading →
Petrobras starts non-binding phase of Marlim Cluster
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on November 16, 2020, informs the beginning of the non-binding phase regarding the sale of 50% of its stakes in the concessions of Marlim, Voador, East Marlim and South Marlim, together called the Marlim Cluster, located predominantly in deep waters in the Campos Basin. ... Continue Reading →
Brazilian Prosecutors Sue Maersk Over Alleged Corruption
Federal prosecutors in Brazil filed a civil lawsuit against Danish shipping company Maersk and former executives representing the firm for alleged corruption involving shipping contracts with state-run oil firm Petrobras, they said on Friday. The lawsuit requests that a judge freeze almost 1 billion reais ($198 million) in assets in order to make sure funds... Continue Reading →
Petrobras signs contract for sale of onshore Rabo Branco field in Sergipe
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 01/03/20, informs that it signed today with Energizzi Energias do Brasil Ltda a contract for the sale of its entire stake in the onshore field of Rabo Branco, located in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, in the State of Sergipe. The sale value is US$... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on payment of dividends
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that will pay, on Tuesday, 12/15/2020, dividends referred to the 2019 fiscal year, based on shareholding position as of 07/22/2020, in connection to the Material Fact released on that date. The amount of dividends to be paid will be adjusted by Selic interest rate from 12/31/2019 to 12/15/2020 interest... Continue Reading →
Karoon offloads first oil from recently-bought Baúna field
Australian player Karoon Energy has offloaded its first shipment of over 500,000 barrels of oil from its newly acquired Baúna production field, offshore Brazil. Karoon said on Thursday that the shipment comprised of oil produced by the FPSO Cidade de Itajaí, operated by the Altera&Ocyan joint venture, in the period since the company completed its acquisition... Continue Reading →